TALES Mathematics Museum at TEDU!

 

TALES MATHEMATICS MUSEUM AT TEDU!

Mathematics and Science Education Department celebrated Teachers’ Day by accomodating Tales Math Museum at TEDU. Turkey's first and only museum of mathematics have been accommodated at TEDU on 22-23 November with the participation of 22 teachers and 395 students from 13 different public schools. Several interactive museum events took place at the activity.

İncek Tek Middle School, Mehmet Özcan Torunoğlu Middle School, Beypazarı Akşemsettin Middle School, Şehit Feyza Acısu School, Orhan Cemal Fersoy Middle School, Ahmet Cevdat Paşa Middle School, Çankaya Akşemsettin Middle School, Mimar Kemal Middle School, Beypazarı Middle School, Özkent Akbilek Middle School, Prof.Dr. Dr. Mehmet Sağlam Middle School and Şehit Hakan from Kabil Middle School have taken a step in the way of acquiring new perspective on thinking habits while inquiring on mathematics, algorithms and theorems.

Elementary Mathematics Teacher Education Program students took formative training and also took active roles as instructors during Museum activity.  This activity gave them the opportunity to gain their first teaching experience as a prospective teacher. In addition to this, mathematics teacher candidates had the opportunity to take part as a trainer in Da Vinci Science Camps which will be organized by the Tales Math Museum.  

Besides service to the community of the public school teachers and students, TALES Mathematics Museum activity hosted many visitors from the Provincial National Education Research and Develpment department, teachers of different schools and faculty members of our university. An exchange of ideas with visitors on how to evaluate the Tales Math Museum as an example of different learning environment and the possible activities and project ideas were discussed.

“Tales Math Museum at TEDU” activity will continue in the future as both to provide opportunity to take part in a museum event for the public school teachers and students, to provide  knowledge and education opportunity to the mathematics teacher candidates and to prepare the ground for different projects and cooperation opportunities.